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Ephesians: Food for the soul… All 5 postcards available for €3

Ephesians: Food for the soul… All 5 postcards available for €3. LPO Summer 2009 Pete Phillips St John's College Durham. Saturday Morning Imitating God Ephesians 5 (5:1-2, 8-17). Imitating God: Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-17.

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Ephesians: Food for the soul… All 5 postcards available for €3

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  1. Ephesians: Food for the soul…All 5 postcards available for €3 LPO Summer 2009 Pete Phillips St John's College Durham

  2. Saturday MorningImitating GodEphesians 5(5:1-2, 8-17)

  3. Imitating God: Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-17 1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10and find out what pleases the Lord. 11Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, 14for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said:    "Wake up, O sleeper,       rise from the dead,    and Christ will shine on you." 15Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

  4. Imitating God: Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-17 1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. "Many Christians have what we might call a "cultural holiness". They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them. As the Christian culture around them is more or less holy, so these Christians are more or less holy. But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God." (so note verse 2) Jerry Bridges

  5. Imitating God: Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-17 1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Holiness as theosis so that through God’s promises you may be partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4) The idea of theosis is that God and humanity progressively achieve a union in Christ which in the end both blurs and preserves the distinction between Creator and creation, as in a mirror perfectly reflecting the source of its image. Michael Christensen

  6. Imitating God1 Cor 13?How do we reflect God’scharacterand being?

  7. Imitating God: Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-17 1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. • God transforms us • Positional holiness – prevenient grace • to reflect God’s covenant love through action • to bring salvation & liberation to all creation • to join with missio dei • to reflect God’s nature in the world

  8. Imitating God: Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-17 1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. God transforms us We are made righteous in order to be just. “made holy to act holy…” “to be ‘sanctified throughout;’ even ‘to have a heart so all-flaming with the love of God, as continually to offer up every thought, word, and work, as a spiritual sacrifice, acceptable to God through Christ.’ In every thought of our hearts, in every word of our tongues, in every work of our hands, to ‘show forth his praise, who hath called us out of darkness into his marvellous light.’ O that both we, and all who seek the Lord Jesus in sincerity, may thus ‘be made perfect in one!’” John Wesley

  9. Imitating GodEphesians 5(5:1-2, 8-17)Where do we need to improve our reflective capabilities?

  10. Imitating God: Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-17 8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) • Remember where/who you have been! • Remember where/who you are now! • Fruit of light...fruit of Spirit • Holiness into action by the way you live • Goodness, just before God and people, truth • Note fruit and light, barreness and darkness • There is no choice – Deuteronomy 30 • Holiness and theosis is the natural way

  11. Imitating God: Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-17 1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. • Wake up… • Common philosophical picture • Dormant belief needs reviving into action • Christianity is an active faith - rise and then... • Holiness into action by the way you live • Tabletalk/paranesis in Paul • What we have learnt from Paul on holiday needs to be put into practice at work next week!

  12. Imitating God: Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-17 1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. • Chapter 1 – Thankfulness • Chapter 2 – Saving Grace • Chapter 3 – Prayerfulness • Chapter 4 – Maturing in Christ • Chapter 5 – Imitating God

  13. Ephesians 1-5ThankfulnessSaving GracePrayerfulnessMaturity in ChristImitating God

  14. Ephesians: Food for the soul…All 5 postcards available for €3 LPO Summer 2009 Pete Phillips St John's College Durham

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